Cuong prepares for AGIPI Billiards Masters
Top Vietnamese player Ma Xuan Cuong has been invited to take part in the 2013 AGIPI Billiards Masters first qualifying round in Strasbourg, France, on November 23-25.
Cuong will join group 2 with Belgium’s Eddy Leppens, Greece’s Nikos Polychronopoulos, France’s Jerome Barbeillon, and Portugal’s Joao Ferreira.
Group 1 comprises of Spain’s Javier Palazon, Germany’s Raimond Burgman, Belgium’s Roland Forthomme, Denmark’s Dion Nelin, and France’s Jean-Christoph Roux.
Cuong, along with Ferreira and Burgman, is making his debut in the tournament.
These ten players will vie for four spots at the second qualifier in January and February 2013.
Cuong will leave for France on November 18 and spend two days practicing at a club in Paris, before heading to Strasbourg for the competition.
The AGIPI Billiards Masters, organized by billiards lover Claude Fath, attracts the world’s top 3-cushion players.
In November 2010, another top Vietnamese player, Duong Anh Vu, took part in the event but failed to progress.
Earlier, Cuong will participate in a national tournament for the best billiards and snooker players in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province, from November 10-17.